The Plant Thread

[Stormness_1]

I did a crazy thing pony friends.. there were clearance bonsai kits at the supermarket.. and I bought two on a whim. 

They're the seed ones... any tips? I don't have any green thumbs!

Thought they might be a good project for the kids and I. I know, I'm insane.

[Artemesia's Garden]

To be honest they could be anything. Does the kit say what species the seed is from? Bonsai can be made from a huge choice of plants. A lot of the traditional ones would grow into huge trees if they were left to grow outside in the soil. The thing that makes them small is the regular pruning of the shoots or roots. In the UK, some people find small sapling trees that self-seed around easily like hawthorn and make bonsai from those. Field maple is also popular. I have never thought about Australian native trees as bonsai, but clearly it's a thing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoGSO1gFyvw

Edit: I forgot to say that if bonsai is made from an outdoor tree you need to keep it outside most of the time.

[Ponyfan]

Good luck Stormness.  I've looked at bonsai tree kits as well as trees, but haven't  bought either one.  I love the look of bonsai trees though.

My red strawberry didn't fully develop and started to rot.    I cut it off the plant.  None of my strawberries look exactly right.  Is it because the plant is in a pot?


Ponyfan

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Here is the space in my garden that has fiddlehead ferns, the crabapple tree, and the honeyberry/haskap bushes:

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